BOSTON — In this video, Richard Schaefer, MD, discusses a prospective study of provider and patient satisfaction with sutureless trigger finger release performed with ultrasound-guided assistance.

Carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) affects an estimated 13 million Americans, and while more than 2.7 million are clinically indicated for surgery, there are only 580,000 procedures performed every year.

“One morning, I woke up and my finger was stuck in a bent position,” says Risa Pulver, who’s lived with type 1 diabetes for 35 years. “I had to physically unbend it.” This was just a few years ago, ...

Trigger finger is one of the most common hand conditions. Trigger finger occurs when your tendons become inflamed and swollen. This can lead to your tendons getting caught in your tendon sheath, ...

Locked fingers, known as trigger finger, are more common among people with diabetes than in the general population. A study shows that the risk of being affected increases in the case of high blood ...

High A1c levels are associated with the development of "trigger finger" in people with type 1 and type 2 diabetes, researchers find. Trigger finger, officially called stenosing flexor tenosynovitis, ...